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No Braking Allowed

Jens Voigt can always be relied on for entertaining comments to the press. One of my favorite quotes of his was during an interview discussing the role that a rider’s mind plays during a race:

When you go hard, your body says, ‘STOP!’ and your mind says, ‘BODY, SHUT UP!’ And, sometimes it works! And then you GO!

The cycling world has been abuz about the Tour’s radio ban during two stages of the Tour, and it seems everyone is willing to weigh in on the discussion. The most amusing comment comes, not suprisingly, from Jens:

What will they say next – two days without helmets, just to make it more interesting? Or two days without cables in our brakes?

About frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking.

As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it.

Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen.

Love Jens and gonna really miss him when he retires. I dont really know what to make of the radio debate but I think Jens has a slid working class take on the safety aspect of them and as a former shop steward in a meat packing plant I can totally get that.

Love Jens and gonna really miss him if he retires. I dont really know what to make of the radio debate but I think Jens has a slid working class take on the safety aspect of them and as a former shop steward in a meat packing plant I can totally get that.